The Dion Waiters Award for Best Heat Check Performance
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- Scorsese is first floated as a heat check for an indelible five-minute scene, followed by a question about any bigger heat check.
- This is Albert Brooks's first movie; Scorsese hires a comedian for a boring part and lets him vamp, and Brooks wrote or improvised material with Scorsese and Shepherd.
- The role is the beginning of the Brooks movie persona, like a prequel to his Broadcast News character, and he is given the award with agreement.